L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn told KNX Newsradio that the county is still not authorizing the reopening of indoor shopping malls. The state’s revised guidelines released Friday allow indoor malls to reopen at 25 percent capacity. But it is up to individual counties to approve the reopenings. L.A. officials have said repeatedly they are going slow with indoor retail which, one assumes, includes movie theaters.
The seasonal flu and COVID-19 are different viruses, observed L.A County Board of Supervisors Chair Pro Tem Hilda Solis. “We don’t know how they interact with each other,” said Solis, and “there are concerns that people could be infected with both, possibly exacerbating their symptoms.” As the county considers reopening certain sectors of the economy, taking precautions against both COVID-19 and the flu will be even more important, said Hahn.In the countries of North America, influenza activity indicators, including the percent of testslevel, ILI activity remained below the national baseline except in the 0-4 years old whereImmunization is recommended for everyone over the age of 6 months, said Ferrer.
Then...don’t return. Virtual isn’t the best,I know, but if it saves some lives it’s fine for the time being.